I have a suggestion for Microsoft — no fancy programming required. Just let us users hang out a "Do Not Disturb" sign. Then leave us alone. We're dreaming.

"The Boss in the Machine". The New York Times (San Francisco): p. A15. 19 February 2005. ISSN03624331.

To listen to Mr. Engelbart that day almost five years ago was to realize that the computer industry, when it started, was not simply about becoming a chief executive or retiring on stock options at 35. It was to remember that real innovation — the stuff that made computers so much more than "crummy factors of production" — comes from mysterious places, wild people, dreamers and tinkerers, and to remember all the skepticism they had to endure.

"The Orphans of Invention". The New York Times (San Francisco): p. A33. 22 May 2003. ISSN03624331.